TRANSFORMING LIVES FOR GOOD (TLG) LTD

Registered charity 1074114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CJ'S COFFEE, CJ'S DINER AND COFFEE HOUSE, CJ'S TRAINING BASE, THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP UK LTD, THE LIGHTHOUSE OUTREACH, THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT · also registered in Scotland as SC050810 (OSCR)

Early Intervention Project - behaviour coaching and mentoring UK wide for 7-11 year oldsMake Lunch - providing lunches during school holiday periods for those in Food Poverty

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £556,086 in free reserves, which is above its stated policy target of three times monthly salary costs (£393,211). The trustees report that the charity is well placed to manage financial risks and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy James Cooper
• Ruth Stephens · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheron Delloris Kantor
• Simon Benham
• Victoria Fafalios

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRANSFORMING AUTISM PROJECT.

• THE TRANSFORMING AUTISM PROJECT income £176k
• FULL FACT income £2.9m
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• THE LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES TRUST income £1.9m
• GOOD FOOD MATTERS income £151k
• LIVNOS BAYIS LIMITED income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.